Tesla Model 3 – first drive – update

Tesla Model 3, Franz von Holtzhausen,¹ Motor Trend Testing Director Kim Reynolds
Credit: Motor Trend

Just thirty-six hours before the Tesla Model 3 Handover Event, Motor Trend got to drive Franz von Holtzhausen’s¹ personal example.

Unsurprisingly in a test of an electric car, the drivetrain figures prominently, but this was unexpected:

“At speed, it gains a laser-alertness I haven’t encountered before. By happenstance, associate road test editor Erick Ayapana had penciled me into a 2.0-liter Alfa Romeo Giulia to get here, & it feels like a wet sponge by comparison.”

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla/model-3/2018/exclusive-tesla-model-3-first-drive-review/


Credit: Autoblog

Update: Jack Stewart drove a Model 3 for Wired too:
https://www.wired.com/story/i-drove-a-tesla-model-3/

Update: Bloomberg – “Driving Tesla’s Model 3 Changes Everything”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-31/driving-tesla-s-model-3-changes-everything
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¹ Franz von Holtzhausen – chief designer for Tesla & veteran of VW, GM & Mazda
Wikipedia – “Franz von Holzhausen”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Holzhausen

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